Unique Nature of Water
What is the chemical formula for water?
What is H2O
What is the term for the amount of dissolved salts in seawater
What is Salinity
What is the most abundant dissolved salt in seawater
What is sodium chloride
Rising CO2 levels affect what ocean
What is chemistry
Who’s deep is the epipalagic zone
What is 0-200m
What type of bond holds the hydrogen and oxygen atoms together within a water molecule
What is Covalent Bond
What is the average salinity of ocean wtaer
What is about 35%
Level of penetration depends on what
What is the materials that dissolve in the water
The ocean becomes less alkaline because of what
What is acidification
How deep is the mesopelagic zone
What propoallows water to stick to on another?
What is Cohesion
What happens to water density when its salinity increase, assuming temperatures stay the same
What is water density increases
What term for the measure of how acidic or basic a solution is
What is pH
What affects does greater. co2 concentrations do
What is greater mortality in marine larvae
how deep is the bathypelagic zone
Why does ice float?
What is It is less dense than liquid water
What are the three main forces that affect seawater density
What are temperature, salinity, and pressure
What is the approximate pH of normal surface seawater?
What is 8.1 pH
What is needed by organisms to build and maintain shells and other calcium carbonate structures
What is carbonate
How deep is the abyssopelagic zone
What is 4000-6000m
What property of water allows it to absorb large amounts of heat without changing temperature quickly
what is High specific heat
Why does cold seawater generally sink beneath warm seawater
Why is because cold seawater is generally denser than warm seawater
What is pure water
How much CO2 enters oceans each year
What is 25-30%
How deep is the hadalpelagic zone
What is 600-11000m